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submissively

submissively adverb: in a submissive manner.

Adverb

submissively (comparative more submissively, superlative most submissively)

  1. In a submissive manner.

Forms of submissively

comparativemore submissively
superlativemost submissively

Origin of submissively

From submissive + -ly.

Questions about submissively

What does submissively mean?
Submissively means in a submissive manner.
What part of speech is submissively?
Submissively is an adverb.

Words near submissively in the dictionary

  1. submissionism
  2. submissionist
  3. submissionists
  4. submissions
  5. submissive
  6. submissively
  7. submissiveness
  8. submissives
  9. submissivity
  10. submissly
  11. submissness

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